The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-29
SOME NOVEMBER MAGAZINES.


Scribner's Magazine from month to month sug-
gests that this periodical is not free from the
danger to which several others have partially
overwhelmingly. that of making the text
subordinate to the pictorial features AS yet
the engravngs in Scribner serve the legitimate
purpose of illustrating the literary contributions.
but the tendency to write around" the pictures
needs to be guarded against. since. as may be
readily understood, the temptation OF tho pub
fishers to indulge in a rrotuseness of artistic
decoration. even at the expense OF the literature.
William F. Apthorpe, a Boston musical critic.
contributes to the November issue study OF
Wagner and his methods. and particularly of
the influence of this composer upon stage man
agement and stage setting. The most noticea-
Bile paper in the number is that upon the
Physical characteristics of the Athlete"
by Dr. ID. A. Sargent The photographs
of base ball players, runners. rowers and GYM
nasts show that the modern American may rival
the ancient Greek in perfection of development
An interesting contribution is Rev. Henry M.
Fields account of a visit to that part OF northern
Algeria known as Grand Katylia-the Switzer-
land of Africa.
"a Diploma tic Episode" xpains the failure of the
negotiations by the United States for the pur-
chase from Denmark of the islands of St Thorn
and St. John-her knowledge of the matter
having been obtained from her father whose
confidential secretary she was ''The Viking
Ship" is description OF an ancient vessel which
was unearthed in Norway several years ago.
In ''What Shall We Tell the Working -cassesf"
General Francis A. Walker reaches the conclus-
ion that the proper method for improving tho
condition of the workIng-men is by education
and the cultivation of a healthy and genuine
American sentiment. Harold Frederc's serial.
sSeths Brothers Wife" is brought to a satisfac-
tory close The story. as whole. is very
tistic study of American rural life. Andrew
Lang, Susan Coolidge and Helen Burroughs are
among the poetical contributors. Special at
fractions are promised for the Christmas num-
Der of this magazine.
The first thirty pages of the November North
American Review are taken up by Robert 6.
Ingersolrs reply to Rev. Henry NJ Field D. D.
In the course of his article, which is entitled
1.-THE Agnostic Side." Mr.. Ingersoll says:
upon the question of immortality you have
done me. uninten tionally, great injustice. With
regard to that hope. have never uttered "a
fippant or a trivial" word have said
thousand times, and I Say again. that the idea
of Immortality, that, like a sea, has ebbed and
flowed in the human heart, with its countless
waves OF hope and fear heating against the
shores and rocks OF time and fate, was not born
of any book. nor of any creed, nor OF any re-
ligion. Il was born of human affection, and it
will continue to ebb and flow beneath the mists
and clouds of doubt and darkness as long as
love kisses the lips of death.
81 have said a Thousand times and say again
that we do not know we cannot say, whether
death is a wall or a doorNthe beginning. or end.
of day-the spreading of pnions to soar. or
the folding forever of wings-the rise or the set
of sun, an endless life. that brings rapture
and love to every oue."
Under the title. ga Chestnut Bur- Gail Ham
ilton considers the Andover controversy. and
says OF it: What il was called eight and thirty
years ago was the Andover fuss, and that is just
what it is to-day. It has sturdily outived a
generation. and it shows signs of decadence.
We shall see the last of earth before the
last of the Andover fuss" Other contributions
to the number are 1.-THE Battle of Petersburg"
by Gen. @. 7. Beauregard; "Possib ili.ies of
Animal Intelligence" by VIM. Hosea Balou;
John sasrG sn
Admiral Porter; ''Those Wonderful Ciphers. :"
by \. D. yiu'on; English Taxation in Amer
dinal Gibbons" by John Ball. and "A Plea for
Fractional Currency" by V. Perry Atwell.
Among the topics discussed in Popular Sci
ence Monthly for November are "Acassz ard
Evolution" Science and Revelation" .Astron-
omy with an Opera glass;" Disqualification in
Science" what American biologists Have
Done for Evolution" and 1.-THE Unhealthfunesa
of Easements" DIR. Stillman. the author of the
last named paper. records his protest against
what he calls modern living cellar. He
says:
"A well-ventated basement is almost an i'm
possibility from it's low level, and II is so diff
| cult to ges our ideal conditions perfectly exc
cutsd that practically they are seldom met with.
I have seen great many cases of sickness
which seemed to me due to basement-living. and
| many cases of tuberculosis which seemed to
have been there devtloped The last is rartic-
| uarly noticeable among servant girls of foreign
| birth. In the experience of physicians in sore
sections, it is rare to find servant girl living
and working in a low basement who has good
health. though previous to coming to this coun-
try. and being subjected to such conditions,
good health is stated to be the general rule.
Many people have attacks of sickness. following
time of exposure in basement, with great
regularity.
s.Would it not be better for house builders and
architects to plan for dwellings built more above
prouudl More of a lot has to DO sacrificed, but
perhaps enough may be saved in bealthfulness
and stair climbing to compensate for the loss
City yards are of slight value at best. A good
cellar is gained by such a change. and up-staiis
dining-rooms and kitchens not only luxu-
ries. but, It may be argued, almost necessities"
The opening paper of The American Magazine
for November describes ascent of Mount Ia
coma the tallest Of American mountain peaks
made ty DIR. NJ c.. Hendrickson and his party
and q view of Hendrickson Falls is the Fronts
piece Maurice Thompson writes tenderly of his
poet friend, Paul Hamilton Hayne. and sets him
right before the public, which has long mis-
jud ged him and his work. General Fairchild
tells briefly of the origin of the Grand Army of
the erubiic. and details its history tho pres
ent time. An article entitled "Cyclopia" takes
the reader into the iron regions of Pennsylvania
and shows him the FORCES and charcoal furn aces
of the olden time. before the days of syndicates
and modern coke furnaces Abby Sage Richard
son comes to the defense of Amerigo
Vespucci, and tells how this continent was
named after him. Sara F. Goodrich and Edith
NJ Thomas jointly write abcnt Autumn
Flowers" the former doing the botanical and
the latter the poetical york and. besides all
these things there several short stories and
some fair poems, which add to the variety of this
acknowledgements periodical. The illustra-
tions are the poorest thing about It.
The November Magazine OF Art opens with a
biographical sketch of the Flemish artist Emile
wauters. which is illustrated by copies of his
works Among them is an etching from his
painting entitled. The Madness of Hugo Van
Der Goes Other papers, some of them pro.
fusely illustrated. are "Heine an Art Critic"
FLINT Knapping," ..Art in its Relation to His